Host Town Program

Host Town Program

Special Olympics and their Games are about much more than medals, personal bests and records.
The goals of the 2014 Special Olympics European Summer Games are to favour the integration of people with intellectual disabilities and help breaking taboos, hoping to create a long-term impact on the attitude of society towards intellectual disability. From this point of view the Host Town Program has played an important role in promoting inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Between September 9 and 13, 50 Belgian cities and towns welcome the 57 foreign delegations.
Hundreds of local volunteers offer the athletes and coaches a few days of rest and training facilities but most of all a discovery of the region and the people of the Host Town. The friendship forged, and the mutual respect cultivated during these days, will last a lifetime.